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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-09-08
THE VOTE IN KENTUCKY.
Republican Organ-Grinders Clutching at
an Invisible Straw.

Republican Organ-Grinders Clutching at
an Invisible Straw.
The proverb that "a drowning man
clutches at straw" was never better
illustrated than in the attitude of the
Republican press in discussing the
Kentucky elections. The Democratic
that cast for President Cleveland, and
these papers are at once cudgeling
their brains to figure out how long it
will require for the State to give Re-
publican majority at the same ratio o.
loss.
In 1886 President Cleveland's ma
jority in Kentucky was $4,000. This
year the majority for General Buck
ner, the Democratic candidate for
Governor, is about 20. 600. The loss is
in the total vote. This is what is
known as an off year in Kentucky and
the vote was not brought out fully.
But there is very little difference in
the proportion of losses between the
parties OF course, in an off year the
light vote shows stronger against the
majority party.
But the difference between General
Buckner's majority this year and
President Cleveland's majority in 1884
is not as great as that between Mr..
Blaine's majority in Pennsylvania in
1884 and General Beavers last year.
Yet the Democratic papers didn't
claim that diminution in majority as \
Democratic victory. Nevertheless it
was Just as much Democratic victory
as the election in Kentucky was Re-
publican triumph this year.--Harris-
burg Patriot.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-09-08
ROTATION OF CROPS.
Some New Light on an Agricultural TOpi
OF Great Interest.

Some New Light on an Agricultural Eopic
OF Great Interest.
Perhaps this subject engrosses the
mind of the farmer as much rs any
other connected with his business.
Many articles have been written on the
subject, published in the agricultural
journals. and discussed by the readers,
and yet. to-day, many farmers are I'M
decided as to which is the most success
full course for them to pursue In
selecting course for myself 1 bore IN
mind the fact that manure was of the
most Importance on the corn and root
crops, from the fact that the roots OF
corn go deeper than those OF other
crops in my rotation. I therefore start
out with corn the first year with all the
manure. spread from the wagon, (not
dumped in piles to leach out for a
month or more, and then scattered) be-
fore blowing. Then after corn has
been gathered 1 pillow in the fall, if
weather will permit. and sow in the
spring to oats. After this crop is of,
l seed it to wheat and clover. After
allowing it to remain in clover two
years put it into wheat second time,
allowing all the fall crop of clover to
remain and be turned in, and after
wheat this time, return to corn as in
the start.
By this system, as the manure Is
turned under for corn, its roots gener-
ally find a portion. and when the piece
Is plowed for oats the rest of the ma
nure comes to the surface to benefit the
oats. After the wheat, which follows
oats, the clover sowed with or upon it
is cut the following spring and fall, but
the second fall plOw the second crop
of clover to get as large as can be
turned under for the next crop of
wheat. Some years it may be best to
allow the seed to be taken from the
clover, with success depending on suit
able weather for threshing; but upon
the whole, in a series of years, believe
the additional quantity of wheat result
ing from the green crop plowed under
will overbalance the clover seed crop.
The potatoes being planted the same
year with the corn, and at the ends of
the corn rows, get the full benefit of
the manure plowed under. 1 believe
potatoes should be planted deep. BY
making four or five hills of potatoes ut
the ends of corn rows it is better to
turn the team upon in cultivating.
This system is based upon the fact
that the roots of corn and potatoes go
deep, while those of oats and wheat
branch out horizontally at no very
great depth. Consequently by the
time 1 get through the rotation the
land is in better heart than when 1
commenced Cor. Ohio Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-09-08
DRIFT OF OPINION.

No Democratic candidate should
pay any attention to the Republican
effort to fight the war over.-C inci's-
natl Enquirer.
1t is base ingratitude for a work
ing-man to fail to vote the Democratic
ticket. The Democratic party has al
ways fought his battle. and is fighting
it Yet--LoutsUiXe Courfer-Jour7sai.
1t looks as if futile and his
apologists had crawled into a very
small hole and pulled the mouth of the
hole in after them. At least, they are
not exhibiting SO much mouth as they
did some time ago.-Du6uque Tele-
graph.
Governor Foraker, of Ohio, the
young Republican roaring bull, is a
hypocrite. After abusing President
Cleveland without SITS /, in and before
the Ohio Republican, Convention. he
now volunteers a lets r inviting him TO
that State on his Western tour.-N. T.
Telegram.
Blaine has Gone many foolish
things in politics, but he isn't. fool
enough to rush home becauS Sherman
has captured a single OF lost that
Blaine will get when he needs it If
Blaine wants Ohio next year. he will
either get it or he will give it to Sher-
man with such cluster of prickly
thorns prptruding from The rose that
Sherman WON'T be able to handle it.
Philadelphia Itzses.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-09-08
PAINTING FOR BLOOD.
Bill Nye's Chivalrous Challenge to an Il
sutting Rural Editor.

Bill Nye's Chivalrous Challenge to an In
suItng Rural Editor.
The following copy of a letter has
been handed to the World with view
to general publicity:
Mr.. George ". IYdd, editor Cranberry
Pallddiuna-SIR: My attention has just
been called to Il printed statement
made over your own signature some
and flippant manner of my hair. The
remark was carefully worded. but cal
culated to east obloquy and reproach
upon me in the eyes of the public. l
have spoken to several friends in rela-
ton to it and they are of one opinion
an the matter. They unite in saying
that the term Mexican hairless humor-
ist" demands a challenge, to say moth
ing of the statement that ''while on
board train which was robbed in
Nebraska" l succeeded i'll ''concealing
my jewelry in my hair until the danger
had passed.
For this. sir, beg to state that my
address is at No. 2S14 Rue de Bowery,
opposite the Place du Railway Mysterie,
cand to ask that you will send me your
own address. 1 forward this by the
hands of a slow messenger boy. who
will bring me your answer as soon rs
he gets thoroughly rested. l need not
add that he is my friend, and will act
rs my second should you refuse to
retract the statements referred to. You
may also settle with him for this mes
. sage and your own.
Il will ea&1la with
hope, sir, that you will excuse any
thing that may seem coarse or brutal
ia this challenge, for desire only to
take your life without giving you any
offense, and l want TO be polite like
other duelists. May 1 ask. therefore,
that at your earliest convenience you
will name quiet place, as free from
malaria as possible. where we may kill
each other undisturbed?
May / trouble you also. sir. to select
two as dangerous weapons rs possible,
and also to bring with you the surgeon
who generally sews you up at such
times.
The De Nyes have always been hot
blooded race ever since they left
France, and they can none of them
brook an insult or bear to be tramped
on.
When first read your singing in
suit in the paper I became delirious
with passion. and although 1 am not
related to the Knickerbockers my
Breath came in short pants.
The De Nyes are pleasant people to
meet, but the man who infuriates one
of them is liable to meand/r up the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-09-08
ANECDOTES OF kRUPP.

some OF the Strange PeculfaritleH OF tho
Famous Gun-Maker.
The following stories of the late Herr
Krupp are curious: ''It was standing
order to all those who surrounded or
approached him that the word Death
was never To be mentioned or referred
to in conversation within the precincts
of his great establishment Some
years ago u relative of his wife came to
stay with him. and was taken suddenly
i'll and died. When Krupp heard of it
he fed Immediately to the neighboring
town of Dusseldorf. and would not re-
turn until after his relative had been
duly buried. This very naturally led
to scene with his wife, the result
being that they separated. Mrs. Krupp
went TO live at Dresden, and not even
the entreaties Of their son prevailed on
Herr Krupp to see her before he died.
The same stubbornness was shown by
him when his son Fritz, who contested
the parliamentary borough (Essen) at
the last general election in the interest
of the Government, was defeated by
the Ultra or Clerical party Herr
krupp issued an edict that no employe
should take into his cottage or read the
local papers of the UltramOntane party.
A few days after this edict a poor
workman being found wrapping up hia
BAtter6rOd in a sheet of the journal wa
instantly dismissed IN T. Post
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-09-08
THE DROUGHT OF 1918.
An Interesting Extract From an Unpub-
lished Letter of Jefferson.

An Interesting Extract From an Unpub-
lished Letter of Jefferson.
From the fork of James river and the
falls of other rivers upward and west
wardly, we have had the most calam-
itous year ever seen since 1855. It be-
gan with the blockade, so that the fine
crops of the last year made in these
upper parts, which could not be at
market till after Christmas, were shut
up by that and lost their sale. After
keeping my flour till the approach of
the new harvest, 1 was obliged to sell
it, lest it should spoil on my hands, at
price which netted me only forty
seven cents a bushel for my wheat, of
course a tota' sacrifice. In the year
1855 it never rained from April to No
vember. There was not bread enough
to eat. and many died of famine. This
year in these upper regions we have
had not single rain from April Il to
September 20. five months, except a
slight shower in May. The wheat was
killed by the drought as dead as the
leaves of the trees now are. The stems
fell before the scythe without being
cut. and the little grain in the head
scattered on the ground. From five
hundred acres sowed here I have not
got in fifteen hundred bushels, not
three times the seed. Our corn
has suffered equally. From two hum
dred and seventy acres planted, and
which in common years would have
yielded from eight hundred to one
thousand barrels, l shall not get a bar
rel an acre. and a great portion of that
will be what are called nubbins, being
half-formed ears with little grain on
them. Corn consequently starts with
us ut three and one-third dollars, and
being the principal food of our labor
ers, its purchase will be heavy tax
l am told the drought has been eq 1ally
fatal as far as Kentucky. There have
been few local exceptions here from
small bits of clouds accidentally pass
ing over some farm. Should the little
wheat we have made be shut up by a
continuance of the blockade through
the winter. we shall be absolutely bank
rupt by the loss of two successful crops
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-09-08
smmIeRANr VOYAGES.
days When Nearly Half the Passengers
Died uuxaufilatad SIins.


Died on Unventilated ships.
The great hardships OF an immj.
grant passage one hundred years age
as illustrated by an Grafton delivered IN
1.o0 before the German Society oil
Philadelphia, by Rev. DR.. Krunze. in
which he said that of nine hundred
passengers shipped within that year in
one vessel from Amsterdam to Phila-
delphia. four hundred had died on the
way. The accommodations. in the
hrst-class cabin of a vessel of one hun
dred years ago were not bit better OF
more comfortable than those of the
steerage of a large transatlantic steam
er of to-day. A sea voyage in those
days required more than ordinary
courage, and a person who had crossed
the ocean was looked up to as almost
immortal.
As late as 1919 the lower decks of the
vessels carrying immigrants were NO
better than those of slavers. The
height of the steerage deck rarely ex-
ceeded five or six feet 1t more usual
ly was four. The mortality reached
an enormous amount. Ten per cent
was nothing extraordinary, and the
rate often ran as high as one-third. In
1710 the English Government sent out
to New York three thousand Palatines-
OF this number four hundred and sew
enty died on the voyage and two hun
dred and fifty Immediately after their
arrival, of ship fever. A well-known
authority, in writing on the subject.
says that the construction of ships for
the express purpose of carrying passen-
gers began only about 1880. Up to
that time all space which could not be
3 used for shipping merchandise was
temporarily arranged for steerage
passengers. This superfuous room
was sold to an agent, and in those days
a steerage five feet high was considered
fully sufficient for making two tiers of
beds along the sides. From this the
nature Of the atmosphere of the steer
age can readily be imagined. One has
but to visit Castle Garden during the
arrival of lot of immigrants to ap-
preciate this fact. There were in the
old immigrant ships no other Gpertures
for the admission of fresh air than the
matches and these were always closed
in bad weather and ut night This
place, 1Or the sake OF name, caIleu
steerage, was crowded with passen-
gers, of whom the greater part were
strangers to the virtue of cleanliness. !
There was an atmosphere created |
which acted like poison on those who |
were obliged to breathe it.
AS soon as America came to be |
recognized as haven of rest for all |
those who chose to seek its shores, |
benevolent and humane laws began to |
be enacted looking toward the comfort |
of immigrants. The first law of Con- |
gress prescribing the space to be al
lotted to each steerage passenger was |
passed in 1919 A ship was forbidden |
to carry more than two passengers for |
every five tons, Custom House measure. |
1t was left to later laws 20 provide for !
proper ventilation and the height of |
the steerage. From this beginning the |
good work has gone on until almost
every thing possible has been done to
alleviate the hardships of immigrants |
during sea voyages.-M 7. Mail and
ErDreSS
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-09-08

tumble. 70 a cream a pound
of butter and pound of sugar; mix
with it one and one-half pounds OF
flour and four eggs; roll the cakes in
powdered sugar; lay them on fiat but
tered tina, and bake in a quick oven
Indianapolis Sentinel.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-09-08
THE HIGHEST SUCCESS.
The Kind of Life Which Can Not BE DE
feated by Outward Disasters.

The Kind of Life Which Can Not BE De-
feated by Outward Disasters.
There is nothing more inspiring than
the story of a triumphant life; life
that overcomes great difficulties, works
itself clear of sharp limitations, and
issues at last III a large, free activity.
1t is an old story, but it remains the
one story of which men never tire, but
which seems to assuage a thirst of the
soul. For the end of life is freedom
and power, and those of us who miss
these supreme results of patience and
toll and character feel that we have
been defrauded of that which was our
due. The old stories of magic carry
deep meaning under their wild eXtrav-
agances; they betray the mighty pas
sion of men for supremacy over things
material and over inferior orders of
life. The man with genii at his com
mand could build palaces in night,
and rejoice in a marvellous mastery
over the forces against which so many
of his fellows seem to measure their
strength in vain. These magical sue
cesses are only dreams of the real sue
cesses which all men and women crave;
which the noblest and most aspiring
must conquer, or lose utterly the Joy
and sweetness of living. These sue
cesses are. fortunately, not external,
though they are generally accom-
panied by visible trophies; they are
achievements of character, and are in
dependent of conditions and largely of
human recognition. The man whose
life, outwardly all defeat, is steadily
expanding in its interest and sympa-
thies. steadily growing in power to
bear and suffer and be strong, has the
blessed consciousness of coming into
his kingdom. No outward disaster, no
external obstacle or limitation, can
ever defeat n true life; it can escape
all these things as the bird escapes the
perils of the snare and the net by fly
ing above them. This highest of all
successes lies within the grasp of every
earnest man and woman, and it is
rarely without attestations of its pres
ence and value, even in the eyes of
those who take small account of
spiritual things. There is force which
streams from a noble nature which is J
as irresistible and pervasive as the |
sunlight The warmth and the vitality |
of such natures. while they invigorate |
the strongest men and women about |
them. penetrate to the heart Of clouded |
and obscure lives, and minister to their |
need. There is no success so satisfying /
as that which is embodied in ones |
character, and so can not be taken |
from him, and the influence of which, |
embodied in the character of others, is /
also indestructible.- Christian Union.
Apples and Bacon--Use tart ap-
Piles and slice them without pairing. |
Fry thin slices of breakfast bacon: |
when done, but not brown, remove |
them to a hot dish. fry the apples in the
fat. and when brown drain off the fat, |
and serve with the bacon Cincinnati |
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-09-08

Apples and Bacon.-Use tart APP
Piles and slice them without pairing.
Fry thin slices of breakfast bacon:
when done, but not brown, remove
them to hot dish. fry the apples in the
fat. and when brown drain off the fat.
and serve with the Cincinnati
Ti1J1eS
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-12-01
dewal Resolution.

AtReso1ution fSr the Construction ofa side
walk on the north side Of Fifth street be.
tween Maple and Spruce ~at1seeta.s
Be il Resolved by the Mayer and Council Of
the City of Yankton.
Station 1. fhAti It is. and Ii hereby declared
be c~cnstru6sed in. the said city Of YRnkton,
to-wit. On tho north aide Of Fifth street be-
tween Maple and Spruee streets, in front OF
lots 2. =, Sand ~, brock n, III Mobiles addition.
Hsc. 2. Thas BALD sidewalk shall be six feet
wide,the outer edge thereof to be laid ten fees
and tho said aAdeNAlk ahAll bs con.
structed OF .wIoed snd in ell respeeta Ia
accordance With the requirements of thc arai-
nances Of The city, And plana and specifications
70 be prersred by the CITY casifsser, and APP
proved by the mayor and council The said
sidewslns alongside. or Ia front OF any of the
nforeaaid iots, situated on . corner, Tnads by
tho intersection OF two streets, shall be ~
tended to the 1rb line of the crossing street,
or 20 ~ to meet and connect with any side
walks new laid down. or that may oc Laid down
SEQ. ~ Al the cost aud expense of making
the AfogsNa5ds improvements shall besdeftAyed
by special 3Nx, 70 be levied upon the Aforesaid
totss or pkrte OF lots bounding or shutting on
me san1e. IN proportion 10 the feat front of
saadiots OF parts OF lot 20 aboundiNg or abut-
Hec.A I. That said sidewalk rnsy be laid On
IN approximate grade to conform to the snr-
fnce Of the ground, ~ designated In the said
paans ma speczftcations 70 Pc prepared by the
Hsc: Thst this resolution shali be rub-
iished for tour c~onserutivs Heaks In the OH eiAll
Adopted Nayemher7 fh. 1851,
.@. SAHfxE h~IEas1unr, City OIsrk.
sAhF1 Il. TlisiiEHs Msges.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-12-01
CRISIS REACHED.

An Immedihte Session OF the Manitoba
Legislature Called for by HEM
her.
Winnipeg, Nov. ga sensation was
created to-day on the publication Of the
petition OF r.. r. Laacoek, member OF
the Legislature for Russell, calling upon
the lieutenant governor to Immediately
summon the local Legislature. The petit
tion declares that q criais in the Red
River Valley railway affairs has been
reached, and quotes from the journals
of-the legisiature the motion that il any
emergency arose in n~onnestion with the
|bnilding of the railway the house might
meet and deal with it. Ii alleges that
the present contract with Holt is Illegal,
and deals with the bonding OF over $3.50,
600 worth OF province bonds to Mann q
Holt without receiving the Hudson Bay
railway company's'land grant warrants
therefor, and then continues:
Your petitioner therefore shows that
IN the two great enterprises, namely, thS
Hudson Bay railway and the Red River
Valley railway, which has been inadgur-
ated within the past year, involving
ST, 900 of the bonds of tho province,
your government have been and are at
the present time proceeding illegally
and 10 direct violation OF the pledges OF
your honor's government to the iegis-
latnre and people; and your petitioner
further informs your honor thst your
donors government have no aasets OF
any kind to show for the expenditure
above mentioned. Your petitioner
further shows that the province is with
out resources, her cheeks dishonored,
her contractors unpaid. her credit gone
"a oondlsion strange to the provinces
OF the dominion, almost unknown
in the history of the colonies OF
the empire. Your petitioner claims
that the representatives o.
the people in the Legislature
ere equally responsible with your honor
and yonr honor,s government for the
proper, legal and good government Of the
province. and are entitled to be fully in
formed and to have q voice in the
management of the affairs OF the pro-
vince.
The petition closes with the prayer
that The house be summoned at once for
the dispatch Of business. Leaoock has
always been . strong supporter of the
Norquay government and his action
leaves the ministry in a shaky condition,
they having but one majority, not count
ing the speaker or vacant Assiniboia.
Giving tho latter two TO the government
makes its majority three. II it loses
Assiniboia Its existence w~illdepend upon
the casting vote OF the speaker.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-12-01

whom he lived. He seemed to lcss all
business caution, and was frequently 30
Strengthened for means that he failed to
properly provide for himself an6shis
children last winter il became known
that his Daughter was Absolutely suffer.
ing for necessaryc !othing. These wsnts
we're Temporarily supplied BY friends,
but the sche6l bills remain unpaid, and
the Young lady is now living at the con-
vent 10 tho gnest OF the institution.
Doctors Gilmartin and Emerson. who
made 8 careful study OF Senator Jones'
condition Saturday, have communicated
their finding TO the unfortunate man 3
son. Their opinion is that he is insane
NOT dangerous now, but liable at any
time to become unmanageable.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-12-01

WHY WILL YOU cough when Shilohis
Cure will give immediate relief. Price 10
cts, SO cts. and 81. Sold by DR.. Wander
hu1a.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-12-01
wounded BY the wild Boy.

Nebraska City, Neb., Nov. 2s-Lon
Mann, n OF the men who discovered
the alleged wild boy on The river bottoms
near Peru last Saturday. was in town
this morning TO hav a badly lacersted
arm dressed which he received in an eff
fort tooapture the monstroaity last night.
Is again escaped but early this morning
some twenty men followed the trail il
the snow which led to the river where IL
was lost and several hours search failed
to show any trace aH there was ice ON the
river, though very thin. The men adj
vance the theory that the monstrosity
was either drowned or crossed the rIyel
in It's effort to elude its pursuers.
The neighborhood is greatly excited.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-12-01

Or Black Leprosy, IL 4 disease which Il considered
ncsrabae, but II has yisded TO the curative prupcr.
ties Of 8wIyT's 6PEcUIo-now known all over the
Morld as 8. s. 8. Mrs. Bailey, OF West Sorncvville.
Macs, near Boston, waa attacked several yeara 40
with this hideous black eruption, and was Sresied s.
distass was q species OF